Strophe vs Plain Reader

Strophe is an ebook reader and private text-to-speech app built natively for iOS. Read EPUBs, PDFs, web articles and pasted text, or listen with natural voices generated entirely on your device. Start reading and continue by listening without ever losing your place. Strophe keeps reading and narration perfectly in sync, with word highlighting and automatic scrolling that follow along as you listen. Start with up to 5 books. Unlimited listening. Web articles and pasted text are unlimited, with no daily narration limits. Bring your own EPUBs and PDFs, or browse thousands of public-domain classics from Project Gutenberg directly inside Strophe. You can also save articles from Safari or social media apps, paste text from any source, or bring over your Instapaper library. READ AND LISTEN Read normally, then press play whenever you want. Listen in the background, from the Lock Screen, or with AirPods and other headphones. Adjust playback from 0.5× to 3×, move between paragraphs, and fall asleep with timed, end-of-paragraph or end-of-chapter sleep timers. THOUSANDS OF CLASSICS Discover public-domain books from Project Gutenberg without leaving Strophe. Search the catalog, browse popular and newly added books, or explore genres including classics, science fiction, mystery, romance, biographies and more. Add a book to your library and read or listen to it just like any other book in Strophe. BUILT FOR iOS Strophe is built natively for iOS for a fast, fluid reading and listening experience, with deep integration with the Lock Screen, AirPods, iCloud and system sharing. NATURAL, PRIVATE TEXT TO SPEECH Turn books, PDFs and articles into audio without uploading them to a narration service. Voices are generated directly on your device and work offline. No Strophe account is required. YOUR WHOLE READING LIBRARY Keep EPUBs, PDFs, Project Gutenberg classics, web articles and pasted text together. Organize with collections, search by title or author, edit metadata, mark books as finished, and sort or filter your library however you like. READ YOUR WAY Customize fonts, text size, margins and spacing. Choose from light, sepia, dark and black themes, navigate chapters, search within books, and view images full screen. FOCUS TYPOGRAPHY Stay focused, scan text faster, and reduce reading fatigue with Focus Typography. It selectively emphasizes parts of words to help guide your eyes through text, and can be especially helpful for readers with ADHD and dyslexia. HIGHLIGHT WHAT MATTERS Highlight or underline passages, add notes, browse everything you’ve saved, and jump directly back to any passage. BUILD A READING HABIT Track reading and listening separately, set daily reading goals, build streaks, set an annual books-read goal, and see your progress over time. FOCUS WITH SOUNDSCAPES Add optional ambient environments while you read or listen. Adjust narration and ambience independently to create the atmosphere you want. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your books and articles aren’t uploaded to Strophe for narration. Imported content stays available offline, generated audio remains in a removable local cache, and iCloud can keep your library and reading data synchronized across your devices. Terms of Use: https://www.brainpad.org/strophe-terms-of-service

Plain Reader opens your books, PDFs, comics and image folders right where they are — in Files, iCloud Drive, or on a USB drive or external SSD. No account, no import, no copies. READ, NOTHING ELSE • Menus stay hidden while you read. Tap the center to bring them back. • Pages fill the screen. Swipe, tap the sides, or drag the slider to jump anywhere. Double-tap a comic or PDF page to zoom in, and again to zoom further. • Turn your iPhone or iPad sideways for two-page spreads, with the cover on its own. • Turn pages with a Bluetooth page turner or a keyboard. TXT AND EPUB • Choose the font, size, line spacing, margins and theme — pages reflow to fit. You can also adjust letter spacing and justify the text. • Listen: books in 31 languages are read aloud by natural voices made on your device. • Table of contents, search and bookmarks. TXT text encoding is detected automatically. COMICS AND MANGA • Opens ZIP and CBZ archives without unpacking them — even ones with thousands of pages. • Right-to-left reading for manga. • A folder of images opens as one book. PDF • Sharp pages, search, table of contents, thumbnails and text selection. • Two-page spreads on wide screens. YOUR FILES STAY YOURS • Files are read in place and never uploaded anywhere. You can also hide your page when you switch apps. • Bookmarks and your reading position are kept for every book. • Works with iCloud Drive and external storage through the Files app. PLAIN READER PRO Plain Reader is free with a small banner ad. Watch one short video ad to read without banner ads for 2 hours, or to use Listen for 1 hour. Plain Reader Pro removes all ads and adds unlimited Listen, Auto Page Turn, and blocking the apps you pick while you read. Choose a Monthly or Yearly subscription — Yearly starts with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers — or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Restore it on your iPhone and iPad with the same Apple Account. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://ourbeom.com/plainreader/terms Privacy Policy: https://ourbeom.com/plainreader/privacy